Studs Terkel Movies

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: John Cusack

During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jane Fonda

Documentary narrated by Paul Winfield, this documentary follows the course of Mahalia Jackson's extraordinary life - from her humble beginnings as a...

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Cast: Mahalia Jackson

On May 8th, 1945, writer, director Norman Corwin broadcast ON A NOTE OF TRIUMPH, an unforgettable homage to the end of war in Europe. This film...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert Altman

For over 60 years, Studs Terkel elevated the voices and experiences of everyday Americans through his skillful interviews on radio, in books and on...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Studs Terkel

This documentary examines the experiences of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, using interviews with survivors more than 50 years later. First, the film...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Studs Terkel

Harley Cokeliss's Chicago Blues filmed in 1972 was a remarkable film; remarkable in that it was not just a competent documentary but a film crafted...

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Cast: Muddy Waters

An in-depth feature length documentary of one of America's greatest and least understood authors, Nelson Algren. This never before told compelling...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nelson Algren

This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Studs Terkel

A PBS documentary on the life and work of writer Raymond Carver. It features interviews with his family and friends, and provides an insightful look...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ed Sampson

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Keith David

When twenty-six-year-olds Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn quit their Hollywood jobs, packed up a borrowed car and hit the road, it was with the deeply...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hunter S. Thompson

The world-famous Greyhound bus is almost as old as the Wild West. It is a symbol of North America, of progress, and of nostalgia. Reporter Stud...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Studs Terkel

Algren will spotlight the hard-knock life and authentic creative legacy of one of the most underrated writers of the twentieth century, Nelson...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nelson Algren

Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago (2009, 109 min) is a documentary on LGBTQ life in Chicago from 1934 to 1974. Moving...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Studs Terkel

Harry Bridges: A Man and his Union chronicles the life of one of America's most important and controversial left-wing labor leader. He headed the...

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Cast: Harry Bridges

Documentary about the blacklisted folk group The Weavers, and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ronnie Gilbert

The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big American corporations produce...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Czarnecki

This documentary features acclaimed Chicagoan broadcaster and Pulitzer Prize winner Studs Terkel talking about the value of oral history and the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Studs Terkel

This 90 minute, 3-act documentary details the rise & fall of Maxwell Street, Chicago's great outdoor market, the birthplace of the electric blues and...

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Cast: Joe Mantegna

In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Patricia Clarkson